Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu and give him time to resolve various issues in the country.

Yakubu Gowon while speaking with State House Correspondents after meeting with President Tinubu, said it is too early for the President to achieve absolute result after eight months.

“I think the government is trying their best on the various problems of the country but with Nigerians, don’t you worry, you can get criticized. People out there, they know better than what you know.

“I think Nigerians have to give the president time to get things really done. It is too early to sort of say absolute result will be achieved now, so that is my opinion”.

Gowon, who was the founding father of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), disclosed that he discussed the recent issues in the West African bloc with the President.

“Luckily enough, this time he gave me opportunity to see him to discuss various matters, especially the issue of the ECOWAS problem at the moment which I think needs to be resolved.

“And being the surviving member of the founding fathers, I think we have to discuss some of his plans in other to see what can be done to bring the matter under control.

“So, this is what has brought me here and we had an interesting discussion”.